We can't see the stars during the day because sunlight scattering through the atmosphere creates a blue haze that drowns them out. But the moon is bright enough that we can see it, if it's there, even through the blue.
On the average during a month, the moon is in the sky (up) for almost 13 hours
out of every 24.
With the possible exception of the time of the Full Moon, the moon is up during
some of the daylight hours of every day.
When you can't see the moon, it's sitting right there in front of your nose. This phase of the moon is called a new moon. The sun doesn't shed any light in the moon's direction, so it's dark. Just look for a dark circle in the sky, and you'll find the new moon.
Either that or it is obscured by clouds or below the local horizon.
We see the moon by the sunlight it reflects of it sun ward facing side.
As the moon orbits the earth each month there are two important positions, the fist is when it is between us and the sun in which case the sunlit face is facing away form us and it is invisible (except during an eclipse) and the second important position is when it is directly on the opposite side of the earth to the sun in which case we see all of its sunlight surface as a full moon.
Another important position is when the moon is a thin crescent is the sky (which means we only see a little bit of its sun ward facing surface because it is on the sun ward side of earth. In this position the moon hangs in the evening sky but disappears over the horizon quite soon. Then each night the crescent gets bigger until we have a half moon which means the moon is beside the earth and we both face the sun together. At this position the moon is in the daylight sky (if you look for it) and the night sky.
Thus if it is not too close to the sun, the moon can have enough of it lit up to be visible during the day. It is more likely to happen during the early morning or late evening, and we don't see the full moon during the day, as it can only be fully lit from our perspective during the night.
When a solar eclipse is happening, then at any place where people can see it, it is 'day' at that place,
because the sun is in their sky at that moment. If it were 'night', then the sun would not be in their sky,
and they couldn't see the eclipse.
At any moment you choose, 1/2 of the earth is in 'day', and the other 1/2 is in 'night'.
Why not? It will do that from time to time because the moon orbits the earth. Sometimes it is in the daytime sky, but when it is very close to the sun it becomes unobservable. First, the closer it is to the sun the less illuminated surface there is that's visible from earth. The illuminated side is facing the sun. Second, the brightness of the sun obscures it. So for a few days before new moon and for a few days after new moon we can see the moon in the daytime sky.
yes
No-one can necessarily prove whether it is or is not, you see if your looking at it from a purely scientific angle, all evidence goes to prove that yes it is still there, but!, if your asking this from a philosophical angle then no we cannot prove or disprove the moon still being there when no-one is looking at it.
The moon is up, somewhere in your sky, for about 12-1/2 hours of every day. Sometimes it's
quite skinny, and that also happens to be the same time that it's close to the sun. But if you
know where to look, you can find the moon in the daytime sky during practically every day.
No. The Moon continues to circle the Earth all the time. Of course, half of the time it is on the other side of the Earth, so I guess you could think of the Moon as being "underneath" the Earth - after all, if you were to point straight at the Moon, you would be pointing down!
In a clear sky, The sunlit portion of the Moon is always visible when it is above the horizon.
Of course the moon can be seen from the Earth ! !
Its not that it's some where else its because, when you can not see it it's dark side is facing the Earth.
It is called a new moon.
Because this is how the moon cycle works: MOON---EARTH---SUN=full moon EARTH---MOON---SUN=new moon. So, when you see the moon during the daytime, it's because its orbit is interfering with the Sun's. But during a full moon, when the moon is behind the Earth, it cannot interfere. See?
In a clear sky you might not see the Moon because of the rotation of the Earth on its axis. The Moon will rise about 50 minutes later each day due to its orbit around the Earth, so it will depend on both the time of day and where it is in its monthly orbit.
if the moon is in orbit but we were not, then we would see different sides of the moon. because we are in orbit too, we always see the same side.
That's at the "new" moon, when the Moon is very close to the Sun.
Its not that it's some where else its because, when you can not see it it's dark side is facing the Earth.
When we are facing away from the Moon we are in daylight but for the other side of the world who are facing towards the Moon it is night time and that is when we can't see the Moon at all.
If you can't see the moon one of two things have happened. 1. It is behind a heap of clouds. 2. It was a wanning moon. This means that the moon has gone around in its orbit to the point of where the sun can no longer shine on it so it can't reflect the sunlight therefore we can't see it.
New Moon, they call it.
It is called a new moon.
New Moon.. Learn your astrology.
Because this is how the moon cycle works: MOON---EARTH---SUN=full moon EARTH---MOON---SUN=new moon. So, when you see the moon during the daytime, it's because its orbit is interfering with the Sun's. But during a full moon, when the moon is behind the Earth, it cannot interfere. See?
In a clear sky you might not see the Moon because of the rotation of the Earth on its axis. The Moon will rise about 50 minutes later each day due to its orbit around the Earth, so it will depend on both the time of day and where it is in its monthly orbit.
if the moon is in orbit but we were not, then we would see different sides of the moon. because we are in orbit too, we always see the same side.
Yes, it rotates once with each orbit of the earth. That is why we see the same side of the moon all the time.
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